Embroidering machine



Dec. 29, 1925.

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EIVIBBOIDEEIITG MAGHZETE.

Application filed March 10, 1924. Serial No. 698,097.

T aZZ 2072 am it may concern:

Be it known that I, Renown F. Honsnn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at lrfilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Embroidering Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved method and means for embroidering.

In the pantograph type of embroidering 5 machine, in which a large number of individual pieces are simultaneously moved to sew patterns in them, it has heretofore been possible to operate on fiat work only. In the case of hosiery this restricted embroidering to the full fashioned hose. his type of machine, as instanced by such patents as 335,094, January 26, 1896 to F. Schnelle;

1,175, l92, March 14, 1916 to Carl Walther, and 1,200,831, October 10,1916 to Josef Granz, is well known in the art.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of portions of the frame of such a machine, illustrating the application of apparatus according to my invention thereto;

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are elevations of the shuttle and holder therefor; and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring first to Fig. 1, indicates a portion of the stationary frame of the machine, 12 indicates a portion of the frame moved by the pantograph linkage, and 14 and 16 are stitch beams moved in unison to reciprocate the shuttles and form the individual stitches of the embroidery.

According to my invention 1 make it possi ble to embroider through one side of a tubular fabric, such, for instance, as a tubular knit stocking, or a full fashioned stocking in finished tubular form, by the provision of individual holders 18 shaped to go inside and fit the tubular article to be embroidered. The frame illustrated is shaped to fit the half hose at present generally worn by men. To hold the article in suitably stretched position on the frame- 18, I provide an end piece 20 equipped with a plurality of studs 22 cooperating with ordinary garter clips 24: to fasten the edges of the fabric without injury thereto. It

will be obvious that a plurality of frames 18 must be employed suitably mounted on pattern beam 12 as by means of attachment brackets 26.

To enable the needle to stitch through one side of the fabric only, it is necessary to provide a platen 28 inside the tubular fabric. This is mounted at the upper end of a. tubular support 30, rigidly supported by beam 10 as by means of supporting bracket 32 which may be tightened on the butt of tube 30 by clamping screw 84.

Sleeve 30 terminates in a casing 36 within which reciprocates shuttle 38 actuated by stitch rod 40. The stitch rod abuts one end of the shuttle at 1-2, and a retainer er pivoted at 6 engages the remote end of the shuttle to constrain it to reciprocate with the stitch rod to. Pin 48 sliding in slot 50 keeps retainer 4e properly oriented, and prevents accidental improper displacement of rod 40, for instance when the actuating member 16 does not happen to be in place.

In operating the apparatus, the articles are positioned on frames 18, and fastened in place with clips Stitch rods 40 and the actuating means 16 and 1d therefor are now reciprocated slowly, in synchronism with the needle 51, positioned to pass through aperture 52 in platen 28. Between stitches, the main support 12, and all the frames 18 carried thereby, are shifted slightly to take the next stitch at a different point in the fabric and form the pattern. As these mechanisms are old and well known in the art, and per se form no part of my present invention, it is deemed unnecessary to encumber the present specification with a detailed disclosure thereof.

It will be apparent that the length of sleeve 80 and stitch rod 40 makes it possible to embroider through one side only of a tubular fabric remote from the end thereof, and that frame 18 and end pieces 20 will support the tubular fabric in proper position telescoped over sleeve 30, and move it properly to define the pattern.

l/Vithout further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain the gist of the invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service, and in connection with various articles and machines, Without eliminating certain features which may properly be said to constitute the essential items of novelty involved, which items are intended to be defined and secured to me by the following claims.

I claim 1- 1. In a multiple embroidering machine, the combination of a frame mounted on the pattern bar having a contour similar to that of the article to be embroidered, an end piece slidable on said frame, aplurality of studs spaced relatively to each other on said end piece, and clips co-operating with said studs to securely hold the edges of the article to be embroidered Without injury thereto.

2. In a multiple embroidering machine, the combination of a frame mounted on the pattern bar and shaped to hold a tubular article positioned over it in stretched condition, a stationary frame, a sleeve having a longitudinal slot projecting into said first frame and secured to said second frame, a stitch rod adapted to reciprocate in said sleeve having; a pin secured thereto for sliding in the slot of said sleeve, a retainer straddled over the end of said stitch rod and pivotally mounted thereto, the pin on said stitch rod serving to properly orient s retainer when said stitch rod reciprocmed in said sleeve.

In Witness whereof, 1 hereunto subscribe my name this lth day of March, 192%.

RUDOLPH F. HOUSER. 

